voting & power (was: RE: [Theforum] Adding theForum to l.e.o.)
Erika Meyer
emeyer at lclark.edu
Mon Nov 26 14:34:19 CST 2001
>and the US & Northern Alliance got a lot done over the past month as well...
>
>...all without a single vote.
qualification #1: there was actually some voting in the US, by congress.
qualification #2: this is in no way intended to compare Evolt with
Taliban... only to say that it is not wise to allow a few people to
hold all the power, and then count on their good will and altruism.
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. "
- Lord Acton 1887
My point was that it is important to keep power shared amongst a
group of people, to have rules or procedures for operation, to follow
those rules, and to set things up such that no single person (or
small group) can bring about a catastrophic change in the org...
that's what I was trying to emphasize.
Erika
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